Title :
Polarization friendly retrodirective antenna array
Author :
Choi, Jun H. ; Dong, Yuandan ; Sun, Jim S. ; Itoh, Tatsuo
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Ave., 90095-1594, U.S.A.
Abstract :
A polarization friendly rectrodirective array (RDA) is presented. The proposed RDA can receive any polarization and always retransmit the signal back to the interrogator with the predictable (orthogonal) polarization. This added feature can mitigate polarization mismatch loss and provide a more secure communication link. The proposed polarization friendly RDA shows excellent retrodirectivity for various received polarization states.
Keywords :
Antenna arrays; Arrays; Mixers; Position measurement; Radio frequency; Receiving antennas; Retrodirective antenna array; orthogonal polarization; phase conjugation; phased-array antenna; polarization friendly;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest (MTT), 2012 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC, Canada
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1085-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0149-645X
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2012.6258369
